Questions and full sentences

Explore the objectives of this session and the ordered sequence of games connected to it.

Grammar objectives

Get the word order right in simple questions, give short answers, and add one follow-up question. Aim for full sentences and real exchanges between participants, whatever their level.

Action objectives

Ask before you act: get what you need from a teammate in English, then use their answer to play the round. Less prompting than the first pass: the group is expected to answer at game speed. Played out in Parcour, Groups of words and Story telling.

Lexical objectives

Question words in English — what, who, where, when, why, how, how many. A return to the topic — the words should come without flashcards this time.

Games in this session

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1

Introducing the topic

Siting in a circle, the children are presented with the topic of the lesson.

5 min
2

Revision of the previous week

The children sit in a circle and talk about the topic of the previous week.

10 min
3

Parcour

The kids complete the circuit and at the end touch the flashcard that they have been instructed to touch.

12 min
4

Groups of words

The teacher says a topic, and the children must gather all the words around the room belonging to the topic.

12 min
5

Story telling

Divide the kids into groups of about three. On one side of the room is a short story. The kids have a paper and a pen. One kid runs to the other side and try to remember a few word and run back and tell another kid to write it at the paper. The game is finished when the story is written down by the kids.

12 min
6

Revision of the topic

The children sit in a circle and talk about the topic of the session.

5 min

Vocabulary

Vocabulary for this topic in the language of the course. Listen to a word, then practise saying it.

Phrases

Phrases for this topic in the language of the course.